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Tokugawa Culture

Tokugawa Culture Irises, from a scene of The Tale of Ise , Ogata Korin. Nezu Institute of Fine Arts ( http://www.nezu-muse.or.jp/index_e.html ) Fous on visual arts Genroku era Chonin, or “townspeople” culture Contrast with Kitayama and Higashiyama of Medieval Japan

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Tokugawa Culture

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  1. Tokugawa Culture Irises, from a scene of The Tale of Ise, Ogata Korin. Nezu Institute of Fine Arts (http://www.nezu-muse.or.jp/index_e.html)

  2. Fous on visual arts • Genroku era • Chonin, or “townspeople” culture • Contrast with Kitayama and Higashiyama of Medieval Japan • Pictoral art (“soft” classification) • Yamato-e • Kara-e

  3. Kitayama/Higashiyama • Ashikaga patronage • Zen influence • Ascetic, sparse Ginkakuji-Temple of the Silver Pavilion Sesshu, Winter landscape

  4. Higashiyama culture Sesshu, Amanohashidate Ryoanji

  5. What kind of picture? Kara-e “Chinese” Yamato-e “Japanese” • Bunsei, Japanese, active mid–15th centur, Landscape Sansuizu , Japanese Muromachi period, latter half of the 15th century Japan Hanging scroll; ink on paper 73.2 x 33 cm (28 13/16 x 13 in.) (height x width) Kajima Volume 1: Chapter 6, pg. 108: no. 6 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: Special Chinese and Japanese Fund 05.203 Kikuchi Yosai, Japanese, 1788–1878 Benkei and Minamoto no Yoshitsune Benkei to Yoshitsune Hanging scroll Japanese Meiji era, 1876 Japan Hanging scroll; ink and light color on silk 136.0 x 56.4 KJM2-Modern-070 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: William Sturgis Bigelow Collection 11.8887

  6. Yamato-e Night Attack on the Sanjo Palace, from the Illustrated Scrolls of the Events of the Heiji Era (Heiji monogatari emaki) Handscroll Japanese Kamakura period, second half of the 13th century; ink and color on paper 41.3 x 699.7 cm (16 1/4 x 275 1/2 in. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: Fenollosa-Weld Collection 11.4000

  7. Tokugawa-era schools • Kano • Tosa • Rinpa • Bunjinga (“literati”) • Kyoto “Shijo”

  8. Kano School: Song dynasty animated line and soft ink washes, catered to Tokugawa samurai elite • Four Dragons in Mists and Clouds Handscroll Chinese Southern Song, mid-13th century China Ink and a touch of color on paper 44.8 x 254.8 cm (17 5/8 x 100 5/16 in.) Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: Special Chinese and Japanese Fund 14.423 Kano Hogai, Japanese, 1828–1888, Dragon Ascending the Heavens, Hiryu shoten, Meiji era, about 1887 Japan Panel; ink on paper Image: 137.9 x 62.4 cm (54 5/16 x 24 9/16 in.) KJM2-Modern-005 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: Fenollosa-Weld Collection 11.4795

  9. Taoist Immortals and Zen MastersKano Koi Died 1636 Momoyama period, 17th century Japan One of a pair of six-panel folding screens; ink and gold on paper 151.2 x 357.2 cm (59 1/2 x 140 5/8 in.) (height x width) Kajima Volume 1: Chapter 7, pg. 130: no. 81 (2) Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: Fenollosa-Weld Collection 11.4233 Kano School

  10. Emperor Kokaku Returning to the Capital over the Sanjo BridgeTosa MitsusadaJapanese Edo period, late 18th–early 19th century Japan One of a pair of six-panel folding screens: ink, color, and gold on paper 175.2 x 384 cm (69 x 151 3/16 in.) Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: Fenollosa-Weld Collection 11.4568 Tosa School

  11. Waves at Matsushima, Ogata Korin Edo period, 18th century Japan Six-panel folding screen; ink, color, and gold on paper 150.18 x 367.79 cm (59 1/8 x 144 13/16 in.) (height x width) Kajima Volume 1: Chapter 8, pg. 140: no. 7 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: Fenollosa-Weld Collection 11.4584 Rinpa School

  12. Chinese landscape, Ikeno Taiga. (1723-1776).168.0x372.0 each. Edo Period, 18th century. National Treasure. A10430 Gift of Mr. Dan Ino. Bunjinga literati

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